Found body leads to arrest

Tampering with evidence charge given

The Clay County Sheriff's Office and Texas Rangers search the site of a shallow grave southeast of Petrolia where human remains were found Wednesday. According to officials, a homicide occurred in a house nearby approximately five or more years ago. The remains have not been identified.

Brittany Jan Green

The Clay County Sheriff's Office and Texas Rangers have made the first of several anticipated arrests in a homicide that occurred about five years ago.

Brittany Jan Green, 26, of Wichita Falls, was arrested Friday in connection with a homicide that occurred at a residence south of Petrolia on FM 2332. Green was arrested in Wichita Falls, then booked into the Clay County Jail in Henrietta. She is charged with the second degree felony offense of tampering with evidence, according to the Sheriff's Office. Green was in custody on $150,000 bond.

Authorities found the body of a young male adult Wednesday in a shallow grave near a trash pit behind a rural Clay County house. Sheriff Kenny Lemons said his office got information about a possible homicide at the house and found evidence in the vacant home that lent credibility to the claim.

The identity of the corpse has not been released. The remains were sent to a Dallas forensics laboratory for examination.

Lemons has said throughout the investigation that he expects several arrests to be made in the case.